One time they stood, side by side.
Looming over all around.
They could be seen from miles away.
Those bright and shinny towers.
No one ever dreamed that:
One day they would crumble.
We had an enemy, we did not know.
Who came they took over our skies.
Flew our planes into their sides.
They didn't just hit one, They rammed them both.
Inside the people were scared, confused, and afraid.
Most didn't know what to do. Some cried, some hid, some prayed.
Thanks to the news on TV most of us shared their fear,
We watched all day in disbelief what was going on there.
The firemen, police and others too did their best to save the rest.
Most of us could only watch. Some of us did pray.
We watched, we cried when the towers came down.
The day the they took our innocence away.
Once they stood tall now burned, and weakened by fire,
the weight of the planes, was just too much,
It brought them to the ground.
As soon as the dust settled the searching it began.
Help came from all over. People and dogs searched every inch.
To try and find any life, that had been spared.
Yes, on that day America pulled together.
One in heart and spirit. Go get them we said.
What ever it takes. Bring them to justice and make them pay.
Now all these years later have we forgotten?
Do we not remember what they did.
Do we not care any longer?
Those who lost their love ones, they remember.
Their lives are still affected.
How I wish we all could see.
A shadow of the towers
etched in our minds as an edifice
so we could not forget.
Author notes
My heart goes out to all those affected by 9/11.
A contest entry
- Edifice by Rowan.
1000 points, ended November 1, 2007, 8 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Horrifying History by redmarkonthewall.
900 points, ended November 21, 2007, 16 entries
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Me again. I was just reading over the finalists in my contest and you obviously are one of them and I couldn't help to notice another spelling error
In this line:
"the weight of the planes, was just to much,"
the 'to' should be 'too'
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Also you spelled forgotten wrong..
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thanks for telling me, wonder how it got by everyone else.
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Thank you for this great piece. I think you are one of the few people that actually read and understood the criteria because this is a poem I am looking for so again thanks and very good write. Good luck and good job!
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Thank you!
I am so tired of the conspiracy nuts and those that think peace is just a matter of forgetting the whole thing. Thank your for caring and remembering.
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I like your take on the prompt. It was a sad day, one not easily forgotten. Thanks for entering.
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very nice.. we should remember..
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